François Bausch
François Bausch (born October 16, 1956 in Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourg politician.
François Bausch has been a member of the Luxembourg Greens (déi gréng) since 1986 . He was elected to the Luxembourg parliament for the first time in the parliamentary elections in 1989. In the following elections he managed to return. In parliament he was, among other things, president of the parliamentary control committee of the Luxembourg secret service . He was president of the Greens in the Chambre des Députés from 1999 to 2013.
In 1994 he was first elected to the City Council of Luxembourg City. From 2005 to December 2013 he was the city's first lay judge . During his tenure in office, bicycle traffic facilities were established for the first time on a larger scale in the Luxembourg city area, numerous one-way streets were opened for bicycle traffic in the opposite direction and urban rail planning was accelerated.
Bausch was Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure in the Bettel-Schneider government (December 4, 2013 to December 5, 2018). Since then he has been in the Bettel-Schneider-Braz / Bausch government 'Ministre de la Défense, de la Mobilité et des Travaux publics et de la Sécurité intérieure' (Minister for Defense, Mobility, Public Works and Internal Security).
Bausch advocated and promoted a traffic turnaround. Since February 29, 2020, public transport has been free in Luxembourg .
Before his political career he was a civil servant on the Luxembourg railway .
literature
- Romain Meyer: François Bausch. The Impatient: Sketches of a Political Life. Editions Guy Binsfeld: Luxemburg, 2018, ISBN 978-99959-42-39-7
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bausch, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourg politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luxembourg City |